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Post by Danny on Aug 6, 2022 13:52:12 GMT
Any answers on R4 just had a call from a GP whose son is a hospital doctor, who has recently been working in Australia with his significant other, also a doctor. The GP observed that in australia care was taken to arrange shifts so that they could be working at similar times...and get free time together. Not a chance with the NHS. His point, that the problem isnt just about money but working conditions which are steadily worsening and staff cannot be sure of a working pattern which is actually sustainable as a way of life. Anyone who saw the recent miniseries drama about an NHS gynecologist, supposedly based upon the authors real experiences of an impossible workload, might realise this isnt a new issue.
No doubt that has to do with overall staff shortages as well. With his GP hat on he said locally (scotland) they already have GP shortages in all the local practices, and should anyone get ill or whatever it would be impossible to find locum staff.
On the any questions, someone pointed out that despite Hunt attempting to get formal arrangements for staff training into recent NHS legislation, the government refused to do so. There has been a longstanding shortage of home grown staff for the NHS which historically we have covered by immigrants. brexit hit that hard, but Government has only continued to cut funding for staff training, not improve it.
Lokdown cost the UK a trillion pounds. For tiny return in lives saved. A fraction of that could have been spent annually to do some real good for the NHS and UK health care. While deliberately extending the Covid outbreak for years beyond the duration of a natural outbreak has simply closed down NHS normal services for all that time and crated a backlog. Lockdown intervention has been an utter disaster in health terms as well as financially.
What's the chance of lab or con admitting this?
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Post by mercian on Aug 6, 2022 14:57:53 GMT
Is it possible to just ask a question for information on here without being accused of being 'riled'? It depends who you are. I suggest changing your moniker to 'leftJohnC'.
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 6, 2022 15:02:18 GMT
Is it possible to just ask a question for information on here without being accused of being 'riled'? This is exactly what you wrote: "What has the UK done good in the world? Presumably it would be a very short list. Why do those cynical ex-colonial countries want to keep close ties to the UK through the Commonwealth? Would they not benefit economically with closer ties to China?" I wouldn't say it reads just at an request for information but has a distinct edge to it, with a note of sarcasm in the second sentence. Anyway I had no objection and did reply to all those points.
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 6, 2022 15:04:57 GMT
Any answers on R4 just had a call from a GP whose son is a hospital doctor, who has recently been working in Australia with his significant other, also a doctor. The GP observed that in australia care was taken to arrange shifts so that they could be working at similar times...and get free time together. Not a chance with the NHS. His point, that the problem isnt just about money but working conditions which are steadily worsening and staff cannot be sure of a working pattern which is actually sustainable as a way of life. Anyone who saw the recent miniseries drama about an NHS gynecologist, supposedly based upon the authors real experiences of an impossible workload, might realise this isnt a new issue. No doubt that has to do with overall staff shortages as well. With his GP hat on he said locally (scotland) they already have GP shortages in all the local practices, and should anyone get ill or whatever it would be impossible to find locum staff. On the any questions, someone pointed out that despite Hunt attempting to get formal arrangements for staff training into recent NHS legislation, the government refused to do so. There has been a longstanding shortage of home grown staff for the NHS which historically we have covered by immigrants. brexit hit that hard, but Government has only continued to cut funding for staff training, not improve it. Danny is correct about working conditions being better in Australia. The Trust I work for has lost a number of both doctors and nurses to Australia for exactly that reason.
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Post by birdseye on Aug 6, 2022 15:49:33 GMT
“Mad Nad and the Invisible Chancellor” sounds like the title of a horror film. Dunno what the plot would be though - probably nicking the country’s money, boozing and so on. A brave band of outnumbered but plucky Brexiters are holed up in the Houses of Parliament surrounding by a baying mob of woke academics, Guardian journalists, activist lawyers, 'enemy of the people' judges, attention seeking leaders of Scotland and Wales and people who for some reason don't want to die in a climate disaster. Their heroic leader 'Boris' has tragically tripped over and fallen on his own sword and all looks lost - but then Liz 'Super-Maggie' Truss arrives mounted on a tank trailing an enormous Union Flag and the pinko horde is vanquished! The scary thing is that it could actually happen. The scary thing is that some people deny the bit I have highlighted. They dont take it seriously.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 15:59:19 GMT
Can I request that nobody mention’s Aston Villa’s embarrassing defeat - 2 - 0 !! - to newly promoted Bournemouth as he is very sensitive to these setbacks and Villa are now joint bottom of the table - with only 37 games to go to avoid relegation.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 16:05:54 GMT
The China/Taiwan situation is very worrying. I get a sense that, with the West fully engaged with Russia/Ukraine, China will jump at any excuse to invade - and I don’t really see how they can be stopped.
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Post by shevii on Aug 6, 2022 16:16:31 GMT
Can I request that nobody mention’s Aston Villa’s embarrassing defeat - 2 - 0 !! - to newly promoted Bournemouth as he is very sensitive to these setbacks and Villa are now joint bottom of the table - with only 37 games to go to avoid relegation. Thank you, Paul I was talking to crossbat11 the other day about how he thought Villa would get on this season. He said probably 2nd from bottom and go out in a replay in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. So I was saying I thought Wigan would win all 46 games (apart from the two they've already drawn), win the Championship and FA Cup, and then next season win the Premier League and Europa Cup. He said that's ridiculously optimistic and I said well you're the one that started it...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 16:19:38 GMT
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 6, 2022 16:55:06 GMT
Can I extend that to "don't mention bloody football until the cricket season is over".
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Post by steve on Aug 6, 2022 17:18:16 GMT
@crofty
I can across this
AFC Bournemouth 2 Jefferson Lerma 2 Kieffer Moore 80
Aston Villa. 0
Bournemouth win on top-flight return as Lerma and Moore sink Aston Villa
Should I mention it?
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Post by crossbat11 on Aug 6, 2022 17:19:25 GMT
Meanwhile, some proper football to report on. The Mighty Reds get off to a winning start:-
Well, this is a football website isn't it? I mean if Wigan Athletic get a mention then why not the Southern League Central Division??
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Post by RAF on Aug 6, 2022 17:22:20 GMT
The China/Taiwan situation is very worrying. I get a sense that, with the West fully engaged with Russia/Ukraine, China will jump at any excuse to invade - and I don’t really see how they can be stopped. China also has a good argument that Taiwan isn't an independent country and is actually part of China (or at least has been since 1945). To believe otherwise you would have to be of the opinion that the KMT continued to govern the whole of China from Taiwan after the Communist Revolution in China. Essentially, you would have to believe that the seat of the Chinese government (and the whole of 1945 China) rests in Taiwan. That's a huge distinction with the position in Ukraine, which clearly is an independent country to Russia. Will China seek by force to reintegrate Taiwan directly under mainland China's control? I actually doubt it, especially as the US has a defence pact with Taiwan.
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Post by pjw1961 on Aug 6, 2022 17:51:04 GMT
Will China seek by force to reintegrate Taiwan directly under mainland China's control? I actually doubt it, especially as the US has a defence pact with Taiwan. A military affairs commentator on the radio suggested that a more likely course of action would be for China to blockade the island and challenge the US and Japan to break the blockade and so be seen to be the one's starting the shooting. If the blockade was not broken the Taiwanese government would be swiftly forced to make concessions. That way China gets what it wants without starting a war.
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Post by laszlo4new on Aug 6, 2022 18:23:49 GMT
Will China seek by force to reintegrate Taiwan directly under mainland China's control? I actually doubt it, especially as the US has a defence pact with Taiwan. A military affairs commentator on the radio suggested that a more likely course of action would be for China to blockade the island and challenge the US and Japan to break the blockade and so be seen to be the one's starting the shooting. If the blockade was not broken the Taiwanese government would be swiftly forced to make concessions. That way China gets what it wants without starting a war. Maybe. But Taiwan is a major foreign trade partner of China (the 7th) and a major investor in China. China can manage these, but not so easily (especially semiconductors - TSMC).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 18:30:44 GMT
@crofty I can across this AFC Bournemouth 2 Jefferson Lerma 2 Kieffer Moore 80 Aston Villa. 0 Bournemouth win on top-flight return as Lerma and Moore sink Aston Villa Should I mention it? I’d really much rather that you didn’t post the above Steve. Dunno if you know much about footy but those figures (probably meaningless to you) indicate that Bournemouth (only just promoted from the Championship) scored two goals - the numbers indicate how many minutes it took them to do so which means the first one happened almost as soon as the game started. That is humiliating for ole Batty who I almost regard as a friend and means they are now joint BOTTOM of the league. So I’d really appreciate it you deleted what you wrote. Thanks.
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Post by chrisaberavon on Aug 6, 2022 18:46:52 GMT
Good Evening everyone from the seat of Tobias Ellwood. Nice turnout on ParkRun here on the new route up the renovated path up past premiership stadium home of AFC Bournemouth who made a good start today against ASTON VILLA.
In polling matters, I saw an Electoral Calculus 'thing' that predicts that BOURNEMOUTH EAST (home of AFC Bournemouth, top of the League) would be a Labour seat under current trends. Must be wrong.
At the end of parkrun today, which finished just by the car park for the massive crowds for AFC Bournemouth (Used to Bournemouth and Boscombe. rea; locals still call it Boscombe), I started to think about the Jim Callaghan non-announcement of the 78 GE which i witnessed in the school here. Lizz Truss reminds me a little of MRS T, under estimated by the 'Left' Does anyone think that the next GE result will be worse than 1987, but better than 1992 for the Cons?
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Post by neilj on Aug 6, 2022 19:28:15 GMT
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Post by graham on Aug 6, 2022 19:30:15 GMT
Good Evening everyone from the seat of Tobias Ellwood. Nice turnout on ParkRun here on the new route up the renovated path up past premiership stadium home of AFC Bournemouth who made a good start today against ASTON VILLA. In polling matters, I saw an Electoral Calculus 'thing' that predicts that BOURNEMOUTH EAST (home of AFC Bournemouth, top of the League) would be a Labour seat under current trends. Must be wrong. At the end of parkrun today, which finished just by the car park for the massive crowds for AFC Bournemouth (Used to Bournemouth and Boscombe. rea; locals still call it Boscombe), I started to think about the Jim Callaghan non-announcement of the 78 GE which i witnessed in the school here. Lizz Truss reminds me a little of MRS T, under estimated by the 'Left' Does anyone think that the next GE result will be worse than 1987, but better than 1992 for the Cons? 2019 was worse for the Tories than 1987 - but better than 1992. Thatcher had a majority of 102 in 1987 which fell to just 21 five years later. I believe the current Tory majority is 72 - following by election reverses and a defection..
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Post by alurqa on Aug 6, 2022 19:30:23 GMT
The China/Taiwan situation is very worrying. I get a sense that, with the West fully engaged with Russia/Ukraine, China will jump at any excuse to invade - and I don’t really see how they can be stopped. China also has a good argument that Taiwan isn't an independent country and is actually part of China (or at least has been since 1945). To believe otherwise you would have to be of the opinion that the KMT continued to govern the whole of China from Taiwan after the Communist Revolution in China. Essentially, you would have to believe that the seat of the Chinese government (and the whole of 1945 China) rests in Taiwan. That's a huge distinction with the position in Ukraine, which clearly is an independent country to Russia. Will China seek by force to reintegrate Taiwan directly under mainland China's control? I actually doubt it, especially as the US has a defence pact with Taiwan. Pelosi's unilateral intervention (apparently the Taiwanese didn't expect her visit) may have disturbed the waters somewhat. This is worth a listen from last year. The chess game involves China, Taiwan and the US, but also Japan have a view too. South Korea wasn't mentioned, but they must also be taken into account, especially if the region erupts into a war.
The Briefing Room on Taiwan This describes the status quo according to the US as: - US: Taiwan is not a sovereign independent state
- Taiwan: Taiwan is already independent
- China: Taiwan is part of China
This week's Dateline London said Pelosi did not include anyone else in her decision, and that it was grandstanding; her term is soon to end so best to get this in now while she can. It's too early to say what the fall out from the ripples she's made will be, especially as Xi is looking to a third term. Nationalist tendencies both in China and Taiwan are unknown forces that could cause more disturbance.
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Post by alurqa on Aug 6, 2022 19:37:08 GMT
Maybe. But Taiwan is a major foreign trade partner of China (the 7th) and a major investor in China. China can manage these, but not so easily (especially semiconductors - TSMC). Indeed. The Briefing Room programme I've just linked to said China gets 80% of its chips from Taiwan. It's complicated, which is why one of the commentators said China was willing to bide its time for the medium term. The medium term was defined as 50 years!
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Post by chrisaberavon on Aug 6, 2022 19:44:41 GMT
GRAHAM Hello to you. I well remember hearing about the early results in 1992 at a pub session' off the Unthank Rd[ the Beehive. (Lose, Lose, Lose and Lose- quoting Peter M
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Post by leftieliberal on Aug 6, 2022 19:46:36 GMT
Maybe. But Taiwan is a major foreign trade partner of China (the 7th) and a major investor in China. China can manage these, but not so easily (especially semiconductors - TSMC). Indeed. The Briefing Room programme I've just linked to said China gets 80% of its chips from Taiwan. It's complicated, which is why one of the commentators said China was willing to bide its time for the medium term. The medium term was defined as 50 years! I believe that the USA is putting pressure on TSMC to set up a foundry in the USA. These days there are many companies that design chips but almost all the manufacture is either in Taiwan or South Korea.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2022 19:53:57 GMT
Nice turnout on ParkRun here on the new route up the renovated path up past premiership stadium home of AFC Bournemouth who made a good start today against ASTON VILLA. Yes, we know Chris but I have asked people not to mention the fact Bournemouth beat Batty’s footy team 2 - 0 as he is very easily upset.
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Post by alurqa on Aug 6, 2022 20:04:23 GMT
From the article: “It has just stopped our cash flow dead. I’ve got half a million pounds worth of stock, half of which should go to Europe – 50 of them are ready now – but we can’t move them. I’m planning to keep financing this business until May next year. If we don’t know by May, we’ve got some significant issues.” Roper’s farm manager, Sam Maughan, said: “This was totally unexpected – we trusted the powers that be that there would be a short-term stop and it would all be back up and running. There just seems to be a lot of passing the buck. Surely the UK government have a responsibility to the UK businesses who are providing for this country.”
The government has been asked to comment. [... but was too busy, deep in the mud, wrestling with itself, to be bothered to respond.] The Independent the other week had another example of a company, a wine wholesaler, who is having to move to Europe because they have lost control. Of course it is only one company, but it supplies to lots of others: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/brexit-wine-wholesaler-paperwork-b2132025.htmlBrexit: UK wine wholesaler moves to France due to red tape A leading British wine agent has decided to leave the UK citing "incredibly complicated" post-Brexit paperwork, leading to a hole in his revenue.
Daniel Lambert, whose south Wales company was named International Wine Challenge small agent of the year in 2019, had earlier criticised Brexit, saying it had caused “huge disruption” to his business.
Mr Lambert said he is moving to Montpellier in France later this week with his family, where he would set up a French company to export back to his own company in Wales. His wine company Daniel Lambert Wines Ltd supplies to Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and nearly 300 other independent retailers.
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Post by steamdrivenandy on Aug 6, 2022 20:06:56 GMT
How did Redditch get in the SOUTHERN league? I do appreciate that all of England is southern to our attention seeking Scottish members.
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Post by oldnat on Aug 6, 2022 20:19:56 GMT
How did Redditch get in the SOUTHERN league? I do appreciate that all of England is southern to our attention seeking Scottish members. Stranraer latitude - 54.90192° N
Berwick latitude - 55.766075° N
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Post by oldnat on Aug 6, 2022 20:27:13 GMT
Ballot Box Scotland continues to analyse election results (doubtless seeking attention) and has looked at 2nd preferences in the STV local elections.
Preferential voting does allow a more sophisticated analysis of voter choices, than the guesswork required under FPTP, and I would be surprised if voters elsewhere behaved much differently from BBS's key takeaway "Voters don't move in the neat ways hyper-partisans expect."
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Post by graham on Aug 6, 2022 20:36:31 GMT
GRAHAM Hello to you. I well remember hearing about the early results in 1992 at a pub session' off the Unthank Rd[ the Beehive. (Lose, Lose, Lose and Lose- quoting Peter M Hello Chris
I was commentating on BBC Radio Norfolk that night as their psephologist. The Exit poll carried out on the day suggested a Hung Parliament - but the first results failed to confirm that. Labour needed a 4.3% swing just to remove the Tory majority and bring about a Hung Parliament. The first four results were - Sunderland South - swing to Labour 2.4% Torbay - swing to Labour 2.6% Basildon - swing to Labour 1.3% Guildford - swing to Labour 0.4%
After ten results I informed listeners that the Exit Poll was wrong - that I expected the Tories to form the next Government and to do so with an overall majority. In personal terms I had a successful night as a psephologist and pundit but felt utterly miserable.The anchor man was rather impressed that I 'called' the result 3 hours before it was implied by adjustments to the BBC forecast as the real results gradually undermined the early predictions!
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Post by oldnat on Aug 6, 2022 20:36:47 GMT
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